The one at Punda is situated next to the perimeter fence in the camping area. Looks out over the veld. There was a little puddle some way off last year November where we saw a Batleur taking a bath. Not much else. We had better birding waking around in the camp than from the hide itself.

In my opinion, as far as photography is concerned, Lake Panic hide will be the best. Most of the others are to far from the "action" and some are in my opinion mere lookout points to watch hippos from.

A hide somewhere on the Nyala road next to the Luvuvhu river in the Pafuri region would be nice.

Talamati has two nice hides After many visits to Tamboti we finally found the hide near #1 (I think) and we were very dissappointed All you could see were very high reeds this was Nov 2006 perhaps it is better now?

I am not sure who decides on where the bird hides are placed.. nor do I know the cost implications... but it would be wonderful to have more bird hides available. When we stop at a dam it would be wonderful to be able to get out of the vehicle and view from a hide. eg Gudzani, Transport, to name but 2... maybe others think like I do?

Hi Anne, there has been a lot of discussion in the past about more hides, some of it rather heated.

One of the issues was the enviromental impact. Unfortunately many of these places attract large numbers of people. Some visitors are not that concerned about the enviroment and there was a time when a few of the more popular sites were used as latrines. I think this has subsided.

I think there was a general consensus that there should probably be greater availability in some of the camps.

The bird doesn't sing because it has answers, it sings because it has a song.

wildtuinman wrote:I do however see a campsite in the Pafuri, which i am not so sure about it being a good thing. And good luck getting accommodation there. It will be packed to the brim!

New sleepover hides at Klopperfontein dam, Shingwedzi and Letaba, Nsemani dam, somewhere near Tamboti, at Transport dam it seems, Ntandanyati hide, and also just north of Croc bridge. Wow, that's a lot IMO!

Looks like the Sweni hide and Pioneer dam hide will be closed down as well.

Some new hides (and roads!!!) looks great to me but...........Sweni-hide closed I hope it's not true!!!!!

Sweni is wonderful, with a stunning picnic site nearby to match! The drive to and from Sweni is great too.. I found the S100 beautiful from a scenery point of view and would have loved it even if we hadn't seen lions..